Community Involvement

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Richard Worrell wins Northwestern Mutual's 2011 Community Service Award

Richard Worrell, CLU, CFP is Northwestern Mutual's "Most Exceptional Volunteer" for his dedication to Easter Seals UCP North Carolina & Virginia, Inc. The Northwestern Mutual Foundation is awarding a $25,000 grant to the nonprofit in his honor. A Charlotte resident, Worrell is a Northwestern Mutual managing director.

The Northwestern Mutual Foundation is donating $285,000 to 26 nonprofit organizations nationwide through its 17th annual Community Service Award program. The annual competition, open to more than 11,500 Northwestern Mutual financial representatives and interns, recognizes exemplary volunteer involvement and dedication to charitable organizations and philanthropic projects. 

To watch a YouTube video about Richard and Easter Seals, please click here.

      

Northwestern Mutual-Charlotte Honored with Community Impact Award

Richard Worrell, managing director of the Northwestern Mutual - Charlotte office and his team are the recipients of the 2010 Community Impact Award for their work with Easter Seals United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of North Carolina and Virginia. In recognition of the Charlotte Office's ongoing support, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation is making a $50,000 grant to Easter Seals UCP to create additional opportunities for children and adults with disabilities throughout North Carolina and Virgina.

Northwestern Mutual – Charlotte’s active support for Easter Seals UCP began five years ago following the diagnosis of Richard’s son with agenesis of the corpus callosum, a rare birth defect. While seeking options for his son, Richard discovered a local Easter Seals UCP school in Charlotte as a place his son could continue to grow, and he became involved with the organization.

For more information, read the full press release or watch the video

  

Charlotte Symphony Summer & Winter Pops

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network-Charlotte is proud to be the originating and presenting sponsor of the Charlotte Symphony Summer and Winter Pops.

The office also supports:

• Charlotte Country Day School
• United Way
• Easter Seals UCP Walk
• The Arts and Science Council
• Habitat for Humanity
• Central Piedmont Community College Scholarship
• Team Connor
• Early Scholarship
• Special Olympics
• Art With Heart
• Susan G Komen Charlotte Race
• Johnston YMCA
• Levine Children's Hospital
• Crohn Colitis Foundation
• Fine Memorial Fund
• St. Jude's Children's Hospital

Worrell Financial Group helped paint classrooms for Easter Seals.

Jim Worrell also sponsors a Speech Therapy Room at the Levine Children's Hospital where bears his name.

Community Service Award (CSA) Winners
Northwestern Mutual's Community Service Award recognizes representatives whose outstanding dedication to local organizations has significantly bettered their communities. Since its inception in 1995, the Community Service Award has contributed nearly $1.8 million to some 220 nonprofit organizations through July 2006.

Vision, generosity, and commitment to community are characteristics of people who become volunteers. Each award recipient is honored with a $10,000 check presented to his or her charitable organization on behalf of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation. Northwestern Mutual Financial Network-Charlotte is proud to acknowledge our representatives and team members who have earned this distinguished award.

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network-Charlotte is pleased that a number of our representatives have received this honor.

Richard Worrell: 2011 - Easter Seals UCP of North Carolina
Bryant Blakeslee: 2004 - Harvest Hope Kids Café
J. Reid Carter: 2000 - Greater Augusta Sports Council
Stephen Grant: 1996 - Gateway House, Inc.
Herschel Harvey III: 1997 - Happy Days and Special Times
Bill Hill: 1995 - United Way of CRSA
Ellen Linares: 2002 - Room at the Inn, Inc.
Matthew Miller: 2005 - American Cancer Society
Eugene Ochsenreiter, Jr.: 1997 - Mountain Amateur Athletic Club
Bruce Pope: 2007 - Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Walter Putnam: 1996 - Kinder-Mourn, Inc.
Donald Reed: 2002 - Mission St. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation
Donald Reed: 2004 - United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County